Art Charon and the Forsaken Legion

Remake Charon and his legion in both design and lore into more unique approach of corruption factions. Due to his outdated lore, Charon been into rough spot espically after newer writing suggest him to be corrupted undead yet his quests and dungeon still does not feel as such.

Summary design phillosphy is undead skeleton with ancient greece mytho inspiration

Spoiler: Description of The Forsaken Legion

Warband lead by warlord named Charon and often guarding Ancient Nemract, making it a few warbands that has something resemble base of operation. The warband was establish in earlier time of Corruption War even before Bak'al's Scourge of Wynn but become inactive after taking over Ancient Nemract.

The warband is quite known for its horrifying and undying undead troops as Charon's power is domination over souls, allowing him to grant any abominable bone constructs a soul of his victims to further his conquest. Souls that belong to great and strong warriors are being twist by the warlord and grafted onto a bone construct crafted by him while the weak being use to empower other constructs or degrade into mere beasts of war for the legion.

Currently, the warband is one of the most active one in the province as many raid done by splitter groups from the legion to Nemract and other settlement in the province alike. With many death and body taken from the raid, the more powerful the legion become as Charon binding his time to unleash its full power to the entire province.

Spoiler: Charon

Created from the collective of the miners form suicide pact out of guilt for dooming the province, the corpses and souls of those miners would raise from the Pit of Shame as one being where it would be known as Charon, the Undertaker.

What once was the guilt of the miners now been corrupt into will to reimagine the province into his own twisted way to make amend to the collective shame that made up his being. His raid on Ancient Nemract was simply a start of conquest to recreate the province with his newfound power. Until the emergence of Bak'al from the portal, Charon sense a being that would threaten his goal decide to dwell into his domain to create powerful army to defeat the raising warlord.

After Bak'al defeat at the hand of Bob, Charon continue to stay in his domain to avoid the attention of the demigod while cultivating more powerful undead army. Upon the hero's disappearance, Charon finally emerge from ruins to continue his plan as he choose what remain of Nemract to be his next conquest.

Unlike other undead, Charon not only kill but he also capable of creation. Mainly these creations are twisted constructs remain of his victims but it still is creation. This make him far less mindless than other undead of the faction as his goal is simply destroy and recreate the province in his own twisted image. Charon also develop hatred for Bak'al due to the warlord's desire to destroy everything in the province until nothing left thus going against what Charon wanted. Charon is still is brutal warlord just like all corrupted and will conquer everything that stand in his way.

Spoiler: Haros

A greatest graveled that Charon ever created, Haros was most formidable servant of Charon as he slaughter many during the fall of Ancient Nemract. After the battle is over and Charon bind his time in the domain, Haros grow more impatient and see weakness in his warlord for hiding in their domain. HIs attempt to take control of the legion by slaying his warlord was a failure as the gravelord is no match against the undertaker. before Charon could humiliates him any further, he manage to escape and hiding underneath Saint's row to rally his own army to take revenge on his former warlord.

Spoiler: Forsaken Hoplites

Elite units of the legion with their bone body crafted into armor with the materials from the dead enemies of Charon and souls of a great warrior. They made up most of the legion as its main fighting forces beside the lesser undead that deem unimportant to the warlord.

Spoiler: Bone Hydra

A horrifying construction of bones of various creatures that slay by the warlord's legion, come together to be war engine of the legion. Its body made up of multiple bones fuse into a clump where mutiple limbs emerge from the pile to drag the body. Mutiple spines emerge from the clumps as a neck to support the skulls in which the abomination would loom over city's walls. Its cries was made up of all tormented souls that were put into it.

Spoiler: Eurynomops

Abominable mass of bones housing one tortured soul, tasked to collect bones and lost souls for Charon as it follow the legion in their path of destruction so the warlord can create even more stronger undead for his legion.

Spoiler: Gravelord

Commander of the legion when Charon is not in charge, often lead a small party of hoplites and other units of the legion to terrorize else where in Wynn. Gravelords are consider as best works from the warlord with the greatest bones and multiple souls of great warriors made up the constructs. Sight of a graveled often a harbinger for great invasion against a city.

Spoiler: Cerberus

Three headed bone constructs that being use as guard dog for Charon to protect his domain under Ancient Nemract. Often guarding all the gathered bones of the victims of the raid to ensure the warlord's endless army.

Spoiler: Pale Centuars

Bone constructs created from skeletons of a man and a horse. Being use as cavalry for the legion where they either arm with bows or swords where they use their horse lower half to maneuver the battlefield quickly.

Spoiler: Chimera

A abominable construct with chaotic structures mix of skeleton of a man and animals, often has the soul deem weak by the warlord to act as mindless terrifying shock troops for the legion.

 

bones for the bone lord!!